MySQL older versions(<<5.x)
- You will have to generate an MD5 hash of your desired password. You can generate one from here
http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/md5.php
2. Get access to the MySQL command prompt.
#mysql -u root -p Enter password:
Enter the MySQL root password.
3. Get the list of databases currently on your server.
mysql>SHOW databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | cphulkd | | eximstats | | foryou_wp | | horde | | leechprotect | | modsec | | mysql | | performance_schema | | roundcube | | whmxfer | +--------------------+ 11 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql>
4. Select your WordPress database ( here it is foryou_wp)
mysql> use foryou_wp; Database changed mysql>
5. Find the table name with ‘users’ at the end ( here it is wp_users)
mysql> show tables; +------------------------+ | Tables_in_foryou_wp | +------------------------+ | wp_commentmeta | | wp_comments | | wp_links | | wp_options | | wp_postmeta | | wp_posts | | wp_term_relationships | | wp_term_taxonomy | | wp_terms | | wp_usermeta | | wp_users | +------------------------+ 11 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql>
6. To get the details about the user, user ID, etc; enter the following command.
mysql> SELECT ID, user_login, user_pass FROM wp_users; +----+------------+------------------------------------+ | ID | user_login | user_pass | +----+------------+------------------------------------+ | 1 | admin | d51b9f2635741a855162826d2e13185c | +----+------------+------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql>
7. Update the new password with the following command.
UPDATE (name-of-table-you-found) SET user_pass="(MD5-string-you-made)" WHERE ID = (id#- of-account-you-are-reseting-password-for);
The command should look like this:
mysql>UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass="f367084816d16de2660a1d1493c0a62c" WHERE ID = 1;
8. Make sure that the password has changed.
mysql> SELECT ID, user_login, user_pass FROM wp_users; +----+------------+------------------------------------+ | ID | user_login | user_pass | +----+------------+------------------------------------+ | 1 | admin | f367084816d16de2660a1d1493c0a62c | +----+------------+------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql>
9. Quit from MySQL prompt.
mysql>quit Bye root@server [~]#
MySQL recent versions (5.x)
Skip step 1 and replace step 7 with the following.
mysql>UPDATE (name-of-table-you-found) SET user_pass = MD5('"(new-password)"') WHERE ID = (id#-of-account-you-are-reseting-password-for);
The command should look like this:
mysql> UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass = MD5 ('Qwerty123') WHERE ID = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0
mysql>
That’s it!
